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On the recordJuly 8, 2015
According to your own data, aggregate emissions for the six common pollutants have decreased 68 percent since your Agency's implementation of the Clean Air Act while we consume 44 percent more energy and travel 168 percent more miles.
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Randy Hultgren
Republican · Illinois

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Hultgren highlights the success of emissions reduction under the Clean Air Act despite increased energy consumption.

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